NEW YORK (AP) – Shirley Jackson had a gift for evoking the depths of anxiety in the space it might take to summarize a baseball game. Two very brief and previously unreleased stories, “Charlie Roberts” and “Only Stand and Wait,” were published this week in the summer issue of The […]
National Business
By Marie Woolf
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The online streaming bill will generate at least $1 billion a year for Canada’s creative sector, including Indigenous programs, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez told a committee of MPs on Monday. Rodriguez disclosed the figure before the House of Commons heritage committee, which is studying a bill updating broadcasting laws and […]
By Brett Bundale
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Gasoline prices continued to trend upward across much of Canada over the weekend and experts warn more increases are coming this week. National average gas prices rose to about $2.06 on Sunday, up almost three cents from the day before and 11 cents higher compared with a week ago, according […]
By Julhas Alam And Al-emrun Garjon
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) – Authorities in Bangladesh struggled Monday to determine the cause of a devastating fire that killed at least 41 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others at a shipping container storage depot, as experts raised concerns over the country’s industrial safety standards. Efforts to […]
By Eden Stiffman Of The Chronicle Of Philanthropy
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
For years California, Florida, Oregon, Washington, and other states have relied on incarcerated men and women to fight wildfires. They are trained to perform grueling work while earning just a few dollars, sometimes as little as $2 a day. Incarcerated workers who serve as volunteer firefighters help contain and combat […]
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MADRID (AP) – Tired of speaking to a machine when you call the bank or power company? Spain’s government wants to end those nerve-shattering, one-sided conversations with a computerized answering service by making it obligatory for companies to offer a real, flesh-and-blood customer service worker when so re- quested by […]
By Noushin Ziafati
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Three of Ontario’s four major political parties are promising to take steps to lower the price of food, but an expert says some of the main factors leading to rising costs are out of the province’s hands. The issue of affordability has been top of mind for Ontarians throughout the […]
By Meghan McGee
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Paul Renaud is only too aware of what the power of wind can do to trees. After violent windstorms recently swept through southern Ontario and Quebec, uprooting trees and leaving a trail of damage across a vast territory, Renaud’s thoughts went right to his sugar maples in Lanark Highlands, Ont., […]
By Lorne Cook And Samuel Petrequin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders will gather Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
KUUJJUAQ, Que. – Daniel Gabois would usually be out hunting this time of year. Flocks of Canada geese have started to appear overhead in their V-formations, returning to nesting grounds in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik. That’s the signal for him and many others in his hometown of Kuujjuaq […]
By Dee-ann Durbin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
McDonald’s has begun the process of selling its restaurants in Russia after more than 30 years in the country. The Chicago burger giant said Alexander Govor, who operates 25 restaurants in Siberia, has agreed to buy McDonald’s 850 Russian restaurants and operate them under a new name. McDonald’s didn’t disclose […]
By Zeke Miller And Matthew Perrone
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is offering formula manufacturers and retailers transportation and logistics support to ease the nationwide shortage of baby formula, as the administration works to bring the largest domestic plant back on line after it was shut down early this year due to safety issues. The […]
